Picture this – I’m holding a Black & Decker drill ready to mount this damn TV sitting on the floor for months. I go in for the kill and everything just goes wobbly. My hands are all over the place. The drill bit is stripping the screw, the screw has gone in crooked, and I’m squealing like a banshee. Not a good look. I’m a 29 y.o. man. I need the Unidrill.

First off, there’s a guide so no more crooked screws. Secondly, the handle rotates 90º so the lefties aren’t “left” out, hehe. There is no trigger per say. To activate the drill, you push with your other hand. It’s supposed to be more intuitive and provide more control since the drill’s speed is directly affected by how hard you push.

As you can surmise, I’m not a handy-dandy person. I like the concept but you crafty types would know better than me. Yay or nay?

i think it’s a great idea. Especially perfect for woman and younger people. (like Russel said – a beginner’s drill).
IKEA alone could sell containers of them if the cost is low enough. Cool – hope the designer had a good marketing concept and went to the right people with this before it landed on the web. Tell me where the factory is in China and I’ll sell it. Great QVC and promotion item!

"Perfect for women and younger people". Yeah, as a replacement for actually learning how to do something right, or even close. If you are going to do something, get a few pointers or let someone who know do it for you. Don't buy some hack tool or infomercial money grabber just 'cause it looks cool. It will rarely work like promised.

“Perfect for women and younger people”. Yeah, as a replacement for actually learning how to do something right, or even close. If you are going to do something, get a few pointers or let someone who know do it for you. Don't buy some hack tool or infomercial money grabber just 'cause it looks cool. It will rarely work like promised.

It's completely silly. What makes drilling a hole difficult, is when there is a hard piece of stone or concrete which is exactly where you are about to drill. Keeping the drill in exactly the right location becomes difficult when the drill wants to kick off to the side. A good handyman will instinctively make instantaneous corrections to overcome this. The bottom line is in my opinion, skill cannot be replaced by a machine to overcome this problem. It might work to drill a lovely uniformly composed wall, but that's easy to do with a standard drill anyway, for anyone with any dexterity at all. I would say if someone is so incompotent to need this, they shouldn't be let loose with a power tool at all.

It's completely silly. What makes drilling a hole difficult, is when there is a hard piece of stone or concrete which is exactly where you are about to drill. Keeping the drill in exactly the right location becomes difficult when the drill wants to kick off to the side. A good handyman will instinctively make instantaneous corrections to overcome this. The bottom line is in my opinion, skill cannot be replaced by a machine to overcome this problem. It might work to drill a lovely uniformly composed wall, but that's easy to do with a standard drill anyway, for anyone with any dexterity at all. I would say if someone is so incompotent to need this, they shouldn't be let loose with a power tool at all.

Firstly, the drill speed should not be controlled by the amount of pressure exerted by the operator, since some materials or applications need a slow speed but a lot of pressure. What is so bad about a trigger?
Secondly, where you write, "per say", it looks very unprofessional. It is written, "per se".

Firstly, the drill speed should not be controlled by the amount of pressure exerted by the operator, since some materials or applications need a slow speed but a lot of pressure. What is so bad about a trigger?
Secondly, where you write, “per say”, it looks very unprofessional. It is written, “per se”.

I like the guide and the flippable handle. The push-to-speed-up leaves me cold. Perhaps it could be an optional feature — use a trigger (which I suppose would make the flippable handle problematic) or push?

I like the guide and the flippable handle. The push-to-speed-up leaves me cold. Perhaps it could be an optional feature — use a trigger (which I suppose would make the flippable handle problematic) or push?

As a handy kind of homeowner, I think this looks cool, but is pretty useless as a practical matter.
Problem 1: You need two hands to operate it! In many, if not most, cases, you are holding the work to be drilled with one hand, and need to be able to operate the drill with the other. Case in point – your TV. You are more than likely going to want to hold the mounting bracket to the wall and put a screw through the mounting hole.
Problem 2: Placing the screw on he spot where you want it is going to be a pain because of visibility problems cause by the shape of the body, and it will be useless for drilling/screwing in a tight spot because of he wide short body.

I agree with others that the key to the example you cite as a reason to use this is using the proper tool and materials – this item will not prevent you from stripping a screw head, for example. To state the obvious:
1. use a sharp drill bit
2. use a drill with sufficient power to handle the material to be drilled
3. drill a pilot hole
4. Use a sharp screw that is appropriate for the material
5. use the proper sized drill bit.
6. let the drill do most of the work.
6. Use a

As a handy kind of homeowner, I think this looks cool, but is pretty useless as a practical matter.
Problem 1: You need two hands to operate it! In many, if not most, cases, you are holding the work to be drilled with one hand, and need to be able to operate the drill with the other. Case in point – your TV. You are more than likely going to want to hold the mounting bracket to the wall and put a screw through the mounting hole.
Problem 2: Placing the screw on he spot where you want it is going to be a pain because of visibility problems cause by the shape of the body, and it will be useless for drilling/screwing in a tight spot because of he wide short body.

I agree with others that the key to the example you cite as a reason to use this is using the proper tool and materials – this item will not prevent you from stripping a screw head, for example. To state the obvious:
1. use a sharp drill bit
2. use a drill with sufficient power to handle the material to be drilled
3. drill a pilot hole
4. Use a sharp screw that is appropriate for the material
5. use the proper sized drill bit.
6. let the drill do most of the work.
6. Use a

Whether or not any of you who commented would buy this tool, it is a thoughtful, user-experience (UX) based response to an ongoing frustration. The speed vs. pressure issue could be resolved with a multi-switch that would allow for both fixed and variable speeds. The visibility issue in placing a screw could be resolved with an attachment with a sleeve (these currently exist; I have two) that would prevent the screw from tipping sideways.

It is creative, out-of-the-box thinking like this that has resulted in many scientific and technical advancements. Keep up the great work!